Game.



No. 692,6I7. Patented Feb. 4, |902.

J. D. CANALE. y

GAME.

' (Applcationled Aug. 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Cuties.

JOHN DOMINIO CANALE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,617, dated February 4, 1902. Application filed August 29, 1901. Serial No. 73,727. (No model.)

.To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known thatI, JoHNDoMINIc CANALE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Game, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games, and has for its object to provide an improved gameboard which is arranged to be manipulated by hand so as to move a plurality of loose indicating members into coperative relation with respect to iiXed scales or dials. Itis furthermore designed to provide for distinguish-` ing between the scales or dials and also to distinguish between the pointers, so as to'correspond with the respective dials, and thereby t0 guide the manipulator of the game-board in directing the indicating devices to their respective or corresponding dials.

Another object resides in the construction of the game-board so as to produce an inexpensive, durable, and light device, which is formed in such shape as to facilitate the manipulation thereof and to fully expose to view the several indexes or dials and the movable indicating members which are to be adjusted with respect to the dials'.

With these and otherv objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in theV form., proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad-A vantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l isa top plan view of a game-board embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan vview of the board. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View ot` one of the movable indicating devices.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the present invention embodies a circular dished body 1, which is formed from a single blank of metal, having an upstanding marginal rim which is struck up or corrugated, so as to present a plurality of outwardly-directed and stepped marginal flanges 2 and 3, respectively, of which the upper flange is the wider and is also flush with the upper open edge of the body.

A fiat circular top plate t fits snugly the interior of the body and is supported upon the intermediate flange 2 and is provided with a concentric series of circular depressions or sockets 5, each of which ,has a central perforation 6. The upper or exposed faces of the backs of these sockets or depressions are differently colored, so as to be distinguished one from the other, and these depressions are also provided with a marginal series of numerals, as indicated in Fig. 1, whereby each depression or socket forms a dial or index. To hold the top plate against accidental displacement from the supporting-shoulder 2, portions of the adjacent upstanding rim-seetion of the body are punched or struck in-y wardly, as indicated at 9, soas to form projections'lying across and in engagement with the upper edge of the plate.

Foreach dial or index is provided a movable indicating member, preferably in the form of-a pointer or arrow 7', which is colored to correspond to one of the dials and is provided witha central laterally-projected pivot pin or stud 8 and is of a length equal to or slightly less than the diameter of its corresponding dial, it being understood that all of the dials are of corresponding diameters.

A suitably transparent cover 10 is applied flat against ythe upper edge ,of the body and is suitably secured thereto-as, for instance, by vhaving its marginal edge bent around or beaded upon the upper outer edge of the dished body, as indicated at 1l.

In manipulating the presentv game-board, the several indicating members or pointers being displaced from their corresponding sockets and loosely supported upon theplate 4, the body or board is tilted and shaken so as to deposit the pointers in their respective sockets and with their pivot pins or projections received Within the corresponding perforation's 6, the object of the game being to register the indicating devices or pointers with the numerals of the dials or indexes, so as to secure a high total for all of the indicat- IOO ing devices, the winner of the game being the one who secures the highest total.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that the present invention embodies but four parts-viz.,tl1e metallic dished body, the top plate supported therein, the transparent cover, and the movable pointers or indicating members, the irst three parts being rigidly connected, so as to obviate looseness or displacement thereof, and the loose indicating devices are located between the top plate and the cover, so as to be capable of limited movement within the space bounded by the plate, the transparent cover, and the side walls of the body in order that said indicating devices may be conveniently moved into the corresponding depressions and at the same time held against loss or displacement from the gameboard. Moreover, the device is comparatively small and in such shape as to be conveniently held in one hand for inanipulation, and although shown as circular in form it may be embodied in other shapes without departing from the scope ofthe present invention.

What I claim isl. A game-board, having a plurality of individually-distinguished sections, each section being provided with a plurality of characters disposed in the form of a scale, and a plurality of independent mobile indicators corresponding to the respective sections and capable of being moved n all directions over the board and into cooperative relation with the scale by tilting and shaking movements of the board.

2. A game-board, having a circular series of characters, a socket or depression disposed concentrically with respect to the characters, and a mobile pointer or index having an'intei-mediate lateral stud or projection, said pointer being capable of being moved in all directions over the board to enter the projection thereof into the socket and to cooperate the pointer with the characters by tilting and shaking movements of the board.

3. A game, comprising a body having aplurality oE individually-distinguished sections, each of which is provided with a socket or depression, and a circular series of numerals arranged concentrically with respect to the socket or depression, and a plurality of loosely-movable pointers corresponding to the respective sections, and provided with intermediate lateral projections or studs to be seated in the respective sockets and thereby to coperate the pointers with the respective series of numerals.

4. A game, embodying a body having a flat upper surface which is provided With a plurality of depressions, the backs of the depressions being dierently colored so as to be individually distinguished, each depression also being provided with a circular series of characters and a socket or perforation disposed concentrically with respect to the characters, and a plurality of mobile pointers colored to correspond with the backs of the respective depressions and provided with intermediate lateral projections or studs, said pointers being capable of being freely moved in all directions over the upper surface of the body to enter the projections or-studs in the respective sockets or openings by tilting and shaking movements of the board.

5. A game, comprising a body having a stepped upstanding marginal ange to form an inner intermediate marginal shoulder, a fiat plate supported upon the shoulder and provided with a depression having a circular series of characters upon the back thereof, and also provided with a socket or perforation disposed concentrically With respect to the characters, the adjacent upstanding rim portion of the body being provided with inwardly directed punched portions snugly overlapping the upper side of the plate to hold the same against the shoulder, a transparent cover, and a mobile pointer of slightly less length than the diameter of the depression in the plate and provided with an intermediate lateral stud or projection, said pointer being freely movable in all directions over the upper surface of the plate to enter the stud in the socket or perforation by tilting and shaking movements of the board.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN DOMINIO CANALE.

Witnesses:

S. M. ROBERTSON, JAMES Boso. 

